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#KPFThoustonTX – Sept. 7+8+10, 2025. Sun. at 1pm, re-aired Mon. at 2pm, and Weds 11am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:

The Joint General & Special Election is November 4;
Harris County Flood Control seeks public input on flood risk plans across 11 watersheds;
Inside John Whitmire’s texts: How the mayor shaped road projects and bike lane removals;
Houston attorney bests California AI company, nets $1.5 billion for authors;
Defense Department, local law enforcement agencies conducting training in Houston through Sept. 19;
Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles was illegal, judge rules;
Trump signs executive order rebranding Pentagon as Department of War;
Trump, misled by video of 2020 protests shown on Fox, threatens to send troops to Portland [Oregon]…;
Trump sends 10 stealth fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels;
An emailed news summary from the NY Times;
Canadian startup giving EV batteries a second life lands $15M from Amazon and others;

Mon, Sept 28, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Early Voting Starts on October 13; CORRECTION: Maine’s Ranked Choice Voting; The Secrecy Voting Envelope; Straight-Ticket Voting, Federal judge blocks Texas’ elimination of straight-ticket voting; The Supreme Court hasn’t been this conservative since the 1930s; Latinx Activists Are Closer Than Ever to Flipping Arizona—If Democrats Don’t Take Them for Granted; Foreign hackers compromise Hamilton County’s email system, raising election security concerns; High-speed train between Dallas and Houston gets federal approval; I-45 improvement project set to displace homes, businesses along construction route; Fewer than 10% of Americans show signs of past coronavirus infection, study finds; more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]

This program was recorded on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

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Mon, Sept 21, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Early Voting Starts on October 13; Political repercussions of RBG’s passing; So there’s an open seat on the Supreme Court – How do we deal with the institutional fallout?; America’s Plastic Hour Is Upon Us; Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem; Supreme court: Democrats rally in bid to stop Trump filling Ginsburg’s seat; Houston Democrats to USPS leaders: Why are dozens of post offices rejecting voter materials?; Officers rewarded for use of force with steakhouse gift cards, former Williamson deputies say; Texas Supreme Court rules 3 Green Party candidates should be added back to November ballot; more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: Early Voting Starts on October 13; Political repercussions of RBG’s passing; So there’s an open seat on the Supreme Court – How do we deal with the institutional fallout?; America’s Plastic Hour Is Upon Us; Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem; Supreme court: Democrats rally in bid to stop Trump filling Ginsburg’s seat; Houston Democrats to USPS leaders: Why are dozens of post offices rejecting voter materials?; Officers rewarded for use of force with steakhouse gift cards, former Williamson deputies say; Texas Supreme Court rules 3 Green Party candidates should be added back to November ballot; more.

This program was recorded on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

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Mon, 11/20/2017, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. GUEST: David W. Brown TOPICS: Obamacare Registration, Tax ‘Reform’, Median vs Mean vs Average, Journalism literally on trial, Pedo-Grope-Gate, Taxing The Poor, more [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

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OW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate. Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio on Twitter), is a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]: “Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., an American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932 (Reportedly first said by Holmes in a speech in 1904, alternately phrased as “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, including the chance to insure“, Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 275 U.S. 87, 100, dissenting; opinion (21 November 1927). The first variation is quoted by the IRS above the entrance to their headquarters at 1111 Constitution Avenue.)

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Mon, 11/13/2017, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. TOPICS: Obamacare Registration, Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands/Fukishima Recovery, Pedo-Grope-Gate, More, Trump in Asia, Europe’s Reaction, Japan’s Kamikaze’s 80 yrs Later, more [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

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OW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:

“… I know this world well. One of the things that is … a deep conviction of the conservative world is they speak for the people. When they get evidence … that they don`t, they don`t respond to that … by confessing it. They respond to it by redefining who the people are. And one of the big themes of the year ahead is going to be a redefinition of who does and who doesn`t belong to the American people.” ~ DAVID FRUM, SENIOR EDITOR, THE ATLANTIC, after Democrats swept most off-off-year contests and won Virginia (Transcript: Show: THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL, November 8, 2017)

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Mon, 11/6/2017, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. TOPICS: Nov. 7 Elections & Voting, Obamacare registration, Texas church gunman had threatened his mother-in-law, who attended servicesb there, officials say, Joy Reid teaches RNC surrogate, Trump being Koi with Abe, Puerto Rico power restoration, US Virgin Islands, More[AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

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SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:

“Where enough money calls the tune, the general public will not be heard.” ~ Justice Stephen Breyer’s dissent in McCutcheon v. FEC (2014) (Dissenting)

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